Summer 06

Well... for the past 6 days I was at my little
island in the Caribbean. My mom and sis were
down there since May and on Saturday called and
sent for my bro and I. So Jorge is still in PR
until 7/22 and I left yesterday because being a
girl at grams's house is difficult. Why? Because
my grandma expects more out of a woman than out
of a man. I remember one summer, Jorge got to go
and play in the B-ball court and I got stuck
watching Laura at home because "las mujeres no
salen a jugar con los hombres." Then there was
the entire summer, me washing dishes and mopping
and sweeping and dusting and polishing and
tidying, and gardening because thats what women
do... while Jorge rode his bike, and played and
had a ball. Isnt that a great way for a 14 year
old girl to spend her summer vacation? So
needless to say I am traumatized lol.

Grandpa got back from the hospital (I tell you,
service in hospitals in PR is incredibley
ROTTEN... Actually, service in most places in PR
sucks.) My grandma I guess has been nervous
because her other half got sick and she is
afraid of losing him. So she has been
impossible. She gets on his case for everything.
They are always arguing. But it'll pass once she
adjusts. After 53 years of marriage, those two
are nothing without each other. They are almost
like one person. Grandma depends on grandpa for
nearly everything. And grandpa needs grandma the
same. I was also amazed that after that many
years together, grandma still gets jealous lol.
She doesnt like the neighbors because she thinks
one of them flirts with him, the other one is
young and my grams knows my gramps has eyes, and
the other one has been after my gramps for more
than 40 years (since they lived in NY and my mom
was a baby.) LOL, I think they are adorable.

Grandma told me what marriage is. Basically a
cycle, she says that is why rings are part of
the wedding. In the beginning, you are so in
love and selfish for each other. You want to
give each other the world and be together all
the time. Then you have kids, and many marriages
dont work out because the man goes to work, and
the woman works and comes home to the kids...
That divides the wife's attention from the kids
to the man and it causes probs because all of a
sudden her time and attentions arent all for
him. She says that the only way it can work is
if the man is considerate and understands and is
helpful and supportive. And then the kids leave,
and youre alone with each other again and you
have time to fall in love like before again and
be selfish for each other. I never envisioned it
that way, but its a beautiful thing :)

Can you believe I was there and it rained so
much that I didnt get to go to the beach. If the
beach wasnt 7 hours away I would go... THAT
BLOWS!!!! I did however, get to go to the pool,
and tanned like crazy :D I had an awesome
time :)

I think I also helped my bro. See, he had this
idea in his tiny litte head that God didnt
exist. So I told my grams and she and my mom
talked to him for hours about it. Good news is,
he believes again.

I got a new wardrobe too :) happy about that.
Sad to say though, that I am porkier than ever.
*sigh, I wonder when it happened. When did I
gain all this weight? I didnt notice how I was
changing until one day when I looked in the
mirror and was horrified. I need discipline....
:(

Oh and today was a crazy day for me lol. first i
sprained *is that how its spelled?* my ankle.
Then we are about to get a pool and it hasnt
rained for a bit more than a month and it rains
as soon as I get back. And there is now a moth
in my bathroom and HOW THE HELL DID IT GET IN MY ROOM?!?!?!?! lol,

Well, I leave you with some pics from the trip.
Take care :)